Apollo Soyuz mission planning and operations
Abstract
The paper describes the Apollo Soyuz project from the points of view of working group organization, mission plan definition, joint operations concept, and mission preparation. The concept for joint operations considered contingency situations as well as nominal operations. Preparations for the joint flight included cooperative tracking tests and combined training of the flight crews and mission control personnel.
- Publication:
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Anaheim International Astronautical Federation Congress
- Pub Date:
- October 1976
- Bibcode:
- 1976anah.iafcR....F
- Keywords:
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- Apollo Soyuz Test Project;
- Astronaut Training;
- Mission Planning;
- Project Management;
- Space Flight Training;
- Space Rendezvous;
- Flight Control;
- Integrated Mission Control Center;
- International Cooperation;
- Nasa Programs;
- U.S.S.R. Space Program;
- Launch Vehicles and Space Vehicles